The government of Antioquia, in north-west Colombia, has handed 36 drones to the Colombian Army, the Colombian Air Force and the National Police, Infodefensa reports. The department paid USD 2,243,472 through its security plan, funded from the Territorial Security Fund (Fonset).
The drones are to strengthen intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and support security operations across the department's nine subregions. They are DJI Matrice 4T quadcopters, larger DJI Matrice 400 multirotors and one Autel Dragonfish system of three aircraft.
Infodefensa notes that Colombian forces keep buying commercial drones, mostly made in China, which raises questions about who controls their data, and that their drone fleets are not standardised. The armed forces have denied that their data is exposed, it says.
